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Yemeni Bedouin Necklace and Pendant

Posted by Natalie Opie on August 10, 2013 at 2:33pm

Tihama Red Sea Coast

Comments

Eva Baby August 10, 2013 at 4:28pm

Wow! The Details of this pendant (and some of the beads) is out of this world!!!! Absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!
Marie-Ange August 11, 2013 at 3:48pm

love the pendant, can it open??
Akkie August 11, 2013 at 3:49pm

Splendid
Natalie Opie August 12, 2013 at 5:33am

Thank you Eva, Marie-Ange and Akkie. The top of the pendant doesn't have a lid - not sure if it did originally? It's hollow and big enough that it may have been used to carry something?
ann August 19, 2013 at 6:42am

Gorgeous
ingrid Langerak November 16, 2013 at 10:46pm

This looks to me as a bottom cover of a Yemini knife and adjusted,magnificient work.
Natalie Opie November 20, 2013 at 3:28am

Thanks Ingrid. I think you might be right... on the back of the 'pendant' it has a loop (to attached the knife to a belt?). It's an odd loop to have on the back of a pendant. This piece is quite large too, so it makes sense that it could be a knife cover. Thank you!
Thelma November 21, 2013 at 3:42pm

Love this, Natalie! I think Jose had one of these some time ago. I sometimes see it now on Pinterest.